Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dirkou
- Settlement.other_name
- Dirki
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune
- Settlement.image_map
- Erg of bilma.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Niger
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Niger
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Agadez Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bilma Department
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Commune
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Dirkou
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_total
- 14998
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thumb|Dirkou Airport, 2021.
Dirkou is a town in the Bilma Department, Agadez Region of north-eastern Niger. It lies in the northern Kaouar escarpment, a north–south line of cliffs which form an isolated oasis in the Sahara desert. As of 2011, the commune had a total population of 14,998 people. Apart from the main city of Dirkou, the rural communities of Achénouma, Aney, and Emi Tchouma lie within the borders of the commune.